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Regenerative forestry improves carbon sequestration

Regenerative forestry, including Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF), can sequester 20% more carbon than clear-cut forestry over a 20-year period, generating potential carbon credits worth €8 million. CCF provides more consistent cash.

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Bioeconomy, biodiversity and soil quality

The concept of bioeconomy encompasses the production and processing of biomass, whether of plant, animal or microbial origin for food, industrial or energy purposes. It uses biological resources in a.

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Upcycling for food and cosmetics

Julien Lesage is a biochemist. He founded Hubcycle in 2016, a recycling startup that has just raised €3.5 million for its business of manufacturing cosmetic or food ingredients from waste, called.

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Wheat straw, a new biofuel

After vegetable oils and sugar cane, wheat straw is a new alternative fuel to petroleum derivatives. Researchers, supported by the National Renewable Energy Center, are working to develop a sustainable.

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Morocco, on the front line for green hydrogen

Green hydrogen is on everyone's mind regarding tomorrow's mobility, whether it is road, rail, air or sea travel. This energy is presented as an alternative to fossil fuels. In Europe.

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FAO IN SEARCH OF PARTNERSHIPS

FAO, whose resources come from about 40% of member states, is considering diversifying and increasing the volume of its resources through partnerships with the private sector. The mobilization of private.

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How to increase levels of organic matter in soil - a permanent challenge

In both conventional and organic farming, a high level of organic matter in the soil is one of the keys to achieving both environmental and financial performance.  Control plots in.

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The palm oil sector in Côte d'Ivoire:
a summary of the challenges of sustainable development

At the round table held on 27 February at the Paris International Agricultural Show, the Foundation for World Agriculture and Rurality (Fondation pour l’Agriculture et la Ruralité dans le Monde.

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Investing in women: African experiences

Following on from the Willagri report "Empowering women in rural Africa", here is the story of two women-focused development projects in Cameroon and Burkina Faso. Might women – who are.

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From agricultural performance on three levels to accounting which takes three dimensions into account

This article aims to show that, in the face of runaway deregulation and the pursuit of economic performance with little regard for nature or people, we must deploy resilient agricultural.

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Experiences organising agricultural networks in West Africa

The economic boom in West Africa is related to the agriculture and agri-food sectors. Feeding 500 million increasingly urbanised Africans by 2030 has kickstarted the growth of the agriculture and.

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Developing mixed crop-livestock farming at a local level

The development of mixed crop-livestock farming at a local level is a real possibility. Cereal growers could plant pasture to sell grass to livestock farmers. In return, the latter could.

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Proliferation of market gardening 'towers' in urban areas

In Japan, 200 vertical farms produce thousands of tonnes of vegetables every year in towers around ten storeys high. Around the world, there are numerous plans to build market gardening.

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